Charles Bryant (r.) is accused of murdering 24-year-old Jacqueline Vandagriff (l.), whose body was found dismembered and burned in a park. Bryant's attorneys say the co-ed died in a kinky-sex mishap. (Facebook/Grapevine Police Depart)

Charles Bryant's murder trial began Monday at Tarrant County jury in Fort Worth, where his defense lawyer, Glynis McGinty, said he's only guilty of tampering with evidence in the death of 24-year-old Jacqueline Vandagriff.

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McGinty claimed Vandagriff died during consensual sex on Sept. 13, 2016. Bryant, 31, panicked and then went to a Walmart to buy a shovel so he could bury her, according to WFAA-TV.

Prosecutors didn't mention the sex but said Vandagriff was on a "good path until an evil destructive figure, Charles Bryant, stepped into her path."

Vandagriff, a Texas Woman's University student, met Bryant at a bar in Denton that night. Surveillance video showed the pair leaving two bars together.